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Eastern football plans to build on positive trends

Years from now, Eastern Washington football players will gather to reminisce about the 2013 season. They’ll talk about the landmark win over a Pac-12 team, the perfect run through the Big Sky Conference, the staggering numbers and the book full of individual and team records.
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Looking ahead at EWU’s next season

If your glass is half empty, the Eagles had 12 seniors start in the season-ending game against Towson. But if that glass is half full – and you’ve been paying attention to the depth-building all season – you’ll see that the outlook for next year isn’t nearly that dire. Here’s a glance at how the Eagles should look this spring:
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Eastern hires Bodnar

A runaway winner at the community college level, Chad Bodnar hopes to do the same as head soccer coach at Eastern Washington. The 36-year-old Bodnar, head coach at Walla Walla Community College the past 10 seasons, was named Monday as the third soccer coach in the history of the Eagles program.
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Eastern seniors leave legacy

As the Eastern Washington seniors walked off the field Saturday afternoon, they left behind a legacy. And more than a few tears.
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Eagles refuse to play blame game

Eastern Washington had been there, done that so many times before. Fourth-and-2 at the Towson 29, leading by three with a chance to wrap up the game with less than 100 seconds left on the clock.
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Eastern falters in final minutes of semifinal

Momentum shifted like a whipsaw Saturday afternoon at Roos Field in Cheney, and for once it was Eastern Washington that couldn’t hold on. The Eagles couldn’t hold a 10-point fourth-quarter lead, and even when it was over, couldn’t grasp the reality of a 35-31 FCS semifinal loss to Towson that for the second year in a row left them in the ditch on the last stretch of the road to Frisco, Texas.
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Towson pulled off rare quick start

After a season of starting slowly and finishing well, Towson did almost the opposite Saturday against Eastern Washington. “We finally got the ball first and scored first,” Towson coach Rob Ambrose said.
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Eastern takes on Towson in FCS semifinal

Intangibles – and there will be many of them today at Roos Field – are just that. None of them will make a tackle or throw a key block in Eastern Washington’s FCS semifinal game against Towson.
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Eastern expects rough and ready Towson

ntangibles – and there will be many of them today at Roos Field – are just that. None of them will make a tackle or throw a key block in Eastern Washington’s FCS semifinal game against Towson.
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Attendance at last EWU game hurt by circumstances

Many die-hard Eastern Washington football fans were disappointed in the poor attendance – 4,277 – at last weekend’s FCS quarterfinal game against Jacksonville State, especially in a year when regular-season attendance hit a record 9,152 a game. It took a perfect storm of arctic weather, finals week and a change in the FCS calendar to suppress postseason attendance to a level that’s still higher than 2010’s run to the national championship.
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Forte gives Eastern new offensive power

Eastern Washington running back Quincy Forte is the first to admit it: He’s taking his game to a higher level because he’s riding the shoulders of his teammates. That includes his offensive line, quarterback Vernon Adams and especially the big stable of backs that has paved the way for Forte run like a thoroughbred in December.
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Circumstances didn’t do EWU attendance any favors

Many die-hard Eastern Washington football fans were disappointed in the poor attendance – 4,277 – at last weekend’s FCS quarterfinal game against Jacksonville State, especially in a year when regular-season attendance hit a record 9,152 a game.
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Patience now forte for EWU’s Forte

Eastern Washington running back Quincy Forte is the first to admit it: He’s taking his game to a higher level because he’s riding the shoulders of his teammates.
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Forte rises to occasion for Eastern

Eastern Washington running back Quincy Forte is the first to admit it: He’s taking his game to a higher level because he’s riding the shoulders of his teammates.
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Eastern faces tough test in Towson’s West

Eastern, meet West. Three days ago, Towson coach Rob Ambrose was asked why Tigers running back Terrance West should win the Walter Payton Award, the top individual honor in the Football Championship Subdivision.
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Eastern’s Kupp a TSN All-American

It’s been a freshman year to remember for Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp. Just two days after winning the Jerry Rice Award as the top freshman in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Kupp was named to The Sports Network All-America first team on Wednesday.